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A nurse is acting as a preceptor for a new graduate nurse. One of the patients assigned to their care is a 41-year-old patient whose laboratory test results reveal a fasting serum blood glucose level of 125 mg/dL. The graduate nurse asks the nurse what this means. Which of the following statements by the nurse is most correct?
1. “These results must be called to the physician.”
2. “This patient has diabetes.”
3. “These results are normal.”
4. “The results are consistent with prediabetes.”
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4 -- Prediabetes is defined as a fasting serum glucose value of 100-126 mg/dL. While the physician will need to be made aware of the results, there is no indication the physician needs to be contacted immediately. The patient has not met the criteria for a diagnosis of diabetes.
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